Christy Clark officially sworn in after byelection victory

B.C. Premier Christy Clark was officially sworn in today in Vancouver as the MLA for Westside-Kelowna.

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B.C. Premier Christy Clark was officially sworn in today in Vancouver as the MLA for Westside-Kelowna.

Earlier this month she cruised to a commanding victory in a byelection in the riding, taking more than 10,600 votes of the more than 17,000 ballots cast.

Clark was largely credited with engineering the surprising come-frombehind Liberal win in May's provincial election, but she lost her own seat in her Vancouver-Point Grey riding.

Former Westside-Kelowna Liberal MLA Ben Stewart stepped aside weeks after the May election, paving the way for Clark to run in the Okanagan city, where two former premiers, W.A.C. Bennett and Bill Bennett were also elected.